I am brand-new to the blogosphere, recently launching Sixteen Fourteen as a way to document the highs and lows of a gut renovation to a 1982 Americana-style Colonial.

My husband Brian and I are long on ideas and short on time, squeezing in one project after another when the kids are asleep or otherwise occupied.

Brian does it all: demo, electrical, drywall, molding, and painting (well, everything except plumbing, that is!) and I take photos of the projects every step of the way, including this “country to clean” renovation of our powder room. We also did our kitchenand our home office you can see here.

Powder Room Before

Can you even believe this is the best I could do for a “before” shot of our powder room?! That’s shameful, is what it is! But I think this photo probably gives you a pretty good idea of what was going on. I remember stripping this wallpaper like it was yesterday…ahhh, memories.

The Lowdown: Walls: Cream wallpaper with red and navy stripesFloors: Faux-wood laminateVanity: Large, dark wood vanity with cream sink {visible in the photo below} There was also a a soffit with a can downlight which hung over the sink. Look at that crowbar! We are hardcore. Well, Brian is.

This is how it looked for over a year…down to the studs, folks {and not the good kind}.

OOOF.

Powder Room After With Molding on Walls

Here are some after shots, and you know what? This is one of my favorite rooms in the house {yes, I know that’s sad!} It was totally Brian’s idea to do the vertical boards and the double crown molding…I have to admit, when he tried to explain it to me I didn’t even understand what he was talking about, but I was SO READY for a bathroom on the main floor that I probably would have been OK with going back to striped wallpaper and stencils at that point!

We still need to add the toilet paper holder and the towel rod, plus some black & white sketches, but otherwise…that’s a wrap!

Beautiful Aimee. Looks like a professional design and execution. I have the same sconces toilet and sink. I recommend R.H for the other stuff you mentioned getting. They are my favorite parts of our bathroom reno.